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Offline Wanderer

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CPA + Raid on Homeworld
« on: February 18, 2012, 08:36:04 pm »
Looking for recommendations.  I've got a Raid Core and a CPA Core on a homeworld that I can't handle both at the same time.  Is there a way I can get at the RAID, even 50 ships at a time, without firing off the CPA?  I'm not sure what alert limits are.
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Re: CPA + Raid on Homeworld
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2012, 09:02:44 pm »
Looking at the code, the CPA post will fire if you have more than one military unit on the planet.  Interestingly it is > 1, not >= 1.  I presume typo.

Bear in mind that the core CPA guard post has an 800 second cooldown on that ability.

The core Raid guard post has a 200 second cooldown on its ability, and (if I'm reading this right) the resulting wave doesn't show up for about 60 seconds, where the CPA trigger is instant.  Also, the Raid seems to trigger on any (non-zombie, non-minor-faction) human military ship, so you can't even sneak around with 1.
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Re: CPA + Raid on Homeworld
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2012, 09:07:11 pm »
I've noticed that a single golem does not trigger the CPA... So use a single golem to destroy the CPA guard post (cursed or armored is best, defenitly NOT hive), then deal with the raid engine wave until you can take it out. It's tough, but it could be done.

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Re: CPA + Raid on Homeworld
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2012, 09:39:13 pm »
I've noticed that a single golem does not trigger the CPA... So use a single golem to destroy the CPA guard post (cursed or armored is best, defenitly NOT hive), then deal with the raid engine wave until you can take it out. It's tough, but it could be done.

Heh, yeah, if I had golems on... :)  Hm.  Thanks for the information gents.
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Re: CPA + Raid on Homeworld
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2012, 12:18:08 am »
On a related note, I've built the Whipping boy on the core world against the homeworld.  Muahahah.  Take that you evil AI!

It's giving me time to deal with the whole CPA scenario and I can continue using it as the whipping boy later (since the Portal will never die) once I deal with this AI.  It also lets me deal with backwash.

Yes, the homeworld IS on alert.  Nothing for it.
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Re: CPA + Raid on Homeworld
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2012, 08:14:13 am »
That sounds strangely smart, GUDare. So any active threat from the AIHW will pour right onto the whipping boy whenever the threshold is reached...if it works. Does it work that way?
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